Path planning of an autonomous vehicle for keep clear zones
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorsNicholas Miller, Drew Gross, Shiva Ghose
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Abstract
Systems and method are provided for controlling a vehicle. In one embodiment, a method includes: identifying, by a processor, at least one keep clear zone having a beginning and an ending within a roadway; determining, by a processor, if a speed of the vehicle is expected to be below a threshold when a position of the vehicle is expected to be within the keep clear zone; creating, by a processor, a stop point associated with the keep clear zone based on the determining; generating, by a processor, advice to a path planner based on the stop point; generating, by a processor, a path plan based on the stop point; and controlling, by a processor, the vehicle based on the path plan.
Claims20
A method of controlling a vehicle, comprising:
- identifying, by a processor, at least one keep clear zone having a beginning and an ending within a roadway;
- determining, by a processor, if a speed of the vehicle is expected to be below a threshold when a position of the vehicle is expected to be within the keep clear zone;
- creating, by a processor, a stop point associated with the keep clear zone based on the determining;
- generating, by a processor, advice to a path planner based on the stop point;
- generating, by a processor, a path plan based on the stop point;
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- controlling, by a processor, the vehicle based on the path plan.
A system for controlling a vehicle, comprising:
- a first non-transitory module configured to, by a processor, identify at least one keep clear zone having a beginning and an ending within a roadway;
- a second non-transitory module configured to, by a processor, determine if a speed of the vehicle is expected to be below a threshold when a position of the vehicle is expected to be within the keep clear zone, and selectively create a stop point associated with the keep clear zone based on the determining;
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- a third non-transitory module configured to, by a processor, generate advice to a path planner based on the stop point, wherein the vehicle is controlled based on the advice.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.